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Feb. 23, 2005 Let's Make The Punishment Fit The Crime Useless-Knowledge.com - 35 minutes ago ... Yet, in our midst lies another pedophile who has lived in the community for years, yet has never spent a day behind barfs and why? ... Ruling offers new basis for suits against churches Boston Globe - 3 hours ago By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press | February 23, 2005. A Superior Court judge has ruled that a Jehovah's Witness church in Boston ... High court makes landmark church abuse ruling MetroWest Daily News Superior Court judge makes landmark church official abuse ruling Worcester Telegram (subscription) all 3 related » BOSTON— A Superior Court judge has ruled that a Jehovah's Witness church in Boston can be sued for breaking its trust and legal duty to a girl who claims she ... Ruling offers new basis for suits against churches By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press | February 23, 2005 A Superior Court judge has ruled that a Jehovah's Witness church in Boston can be sued for breaking its trust and legal duty to a girl who said she was sexually abused by one of the church's ministerial servants. Suffolk Superior Court Judge Herman Smith Jr.'s ruling is believed to be the first time a Massachusetts court has determined that church officials have a "fiduciary duty" to members of their congregation, a relationship akin to the one lawyers and doctors share with clients and patients. Smith's ruling, made earlier this month, also is expected to open another legal channel for lawyers to bring civil suits against churches for clergy abuse cases, according to Lisa Bruno, news editor for Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. "It gives another piece of ammunition to plaintiffs, another grounds for finding a church liable for the actions of priests and ministers," Bruno said. Carmen Durso, a Boston lawyer who settled 40 lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Boston in 2003, said he expects Smith's ruling to pave the way for more clergy abuse cases to proceed. "It affords another basis, a stronger basis, for bringing claims against churches in sex abuse cases," Durso said. The girl at the center of Smith's ruling was between 9 and 11 when a ministerial servant with the Columbus Park Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses allegedly molested her during Bible study classes in her home, Lawyers Weekly reported. The girl's parents, who learned about the alleged abuse in August 2000, sued the ministerial servant and two Boston-area Jehovah's Witness congregations for negligence as well as breach of fiduciary duty. [footnote:There is a wave of empowerment to spotlight Jehovah's Witnesses and their profound pedophile coverup!] Michael Jackson's 'problems' have much to do with his being raised a Jehovah's Witness. Clergy sexual abuse in the "other" religions. Clergy pedophiles "per-capita" among the Jehovah's Witnesses exceed the Catholic church . This is due to the church elders enforced 'code of silence' aka the notorious, "two witness take-down". The Jehovah's Witnesses Church leaders absurd requirement of having TWO WITNESSES to the crime of child molestation. The Worldwide Problem of Child Abuse and Jehovah's Witnesses: Is it Really a Pedophile Paradise? What is the truth, what is the myth? Myth 1: Jehovah's Witnesses protect children within their organization against confessed or convicted child molesters. What is the TRUTH and what is the MYTH? Get the answers to these questions. http://www.silentlambs.org/answers/index.cfm ------------ About the author Danny Haszard: Former Jehovah's Witness X 33 years and 3rd generation (been there). Now a counter-cult educator. My home page, WATCHTOWER WHISTLEBLOWER: www.DannyHaszard.com wbtscultbuster@yahoo.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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